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| Criterion |  Product Strategy GIST Planning |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  UX Research Diary Study |  Business Strategy GAP Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | GAP Analysis compares the current state with a target picture and makes the distance manageable. It becomes useful when, ahead of new initiatives, it must become clear which capabilities, processes, or resources are missing. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Goal | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-8 | 5-20 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Goals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Gap Matrix, Action Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | UX researchTrackingBehavior | StrategyAnalysisPlanning |